Whole-system commissioning with cross-agency risk assessment

Planning and commissioning services for people with learning disabilities and autistic people should be done as a single process across the whole system (including primary care, housing, benefits and independent and third sector providers of services). There must be a risk assessment that assesses how the impact of change in one part of the system impacts on another part (e.g. how failure to invest in community early intervention services impacts on resettlement). The risk assessment should be multi-agency and include housing, private and third sector providers as well as health and social care.